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Before giving lawmakers his plan for pension changes, California governor Jerry Brown wants to make sure we understand his intentions. In a letter to his fellow politicians, the governor expressed that the state must reform its pension system in order to be equitable and sustainable

Legislators on Capital Hill are also dealing with the sustainability of another troubled entity: Solyndra. Members of a state commission ((there was a)) unanimously voted to lift a month-long suspension of an alternative energy-related tax credit that was imposed upon the solar panel company…

Tax exemptions and extensions abound in the state, but the popular “millionaires tax” is finding an unexpected critic in the California Teachers Association. The largest teachers union in California believes that a tax on those making $1 million or more will not create enough revenue, And might actually turn voters away…

Elsewhere in Sacramento County, realignment is getting off to a rough start. Officials claim that the majority of nonviolent offenders that have been sent to the count’s prisons have serious criminal backgrounds. Such labels are not longer considered accurate…

While the state implements it’s prison realignment plan, California voters are considering replacing the death penalty with life in prison without parole. Signatures are being gathered for the initiative, which is supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Office of Social Ministry for the Catholic Diocese, NAACP, and others.

Another measure that voters will have a say in is medical marijuana. After the federal crackdown on dispensaries, advocates of medical marijuana are proposing statewide oversight of the medical marijuana industry.

In two weeks San Franciscans will be voting for their next mayor- and the fight between candidate Dennis Herrera and frontrunner Ed Lee, is getting dirty. Herrera has been accused of opposing same-sex marriage, which Herrera claims is a bold-faced lie…